Gajim through 0.16.7 unconditionally implements the "XEP-0146: Remote Controlling Clients" extension.
Gajim through 0.16.7 unconditionally implements the "XEP-0146: Remote Controlling Clients" extension. This can be abused by malicious XMPP servers to, for example, extract plaintext from OTR encrypted sessions.
- Published
- May 27, 2017
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.2% · 66th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-310
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Report tools
Action score
18
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 18 / 40 · 4.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.2%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| gajim | gajim | cpe:2.3:a:gajim:gajim |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- gajim gajimup to 0.16.7 inclusive
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | gajim | before 0.16.6-1.1 | 0.16.6-1.1 |
| Debian:7 | gajim | before 0.15.1-4.1+deb7u3 | 0.15.1-4.1+deb7u3 |
| Debian:8 | gajim | before 0.16-1+deb8u2 | 0.16-1+deb8u2 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | gajim | before 1.3.2-1.2 | 1.3.2-1.2 |
Same product
gajim: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2012-2086SQL injection vulnerability in the get_last_conversation_lines function in common/logger.py in Gajim before 0.15 allows remote attackers to 31Monitor
- CVE-2021-41055Gajim 1.2.x and 1.3.x before 1.3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted XMPP Last Message Correction (30Monitor
- CVE-2012-2085The exec_command function in common/helpers.py in Gajim before 0.15 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via 28Monitor
- CVE-2015-8688Gajim before 0.16.5 allows remote attackers to modify the roster and intercept messages via a crafted roster-push IQ stanza.22Monitor
- CVE-2022-39835An issue was discovered in Gajim through 1.4.7.21Monitor
- CVE-2012-5524The _ssl_verify_callback function in tls_nb.py in Gajim before 0.15.3 does not properly verify SSL certificates, which allows remote attacke17Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:gajim | 0.16.6-1.1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| openSUSE:gajim | 1.3.2-1.2 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- Administrator privileges are required.
- A user must open a link or visit a page.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-310 · Cryptographic IssuesCVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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References
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3943
- bugs.debian.org/863445
- dev.gajim.org/gajim/gajim/commit/cb65cfc5aed9efe05208ebbb7fb2d41fcf7253cc
- dev.gajim.org/gajim/gajim/issues/8378
- mail.jabber.org/pipermail/standards/2016-August/031335.html
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-14
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.